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Amazon.com Legal D e p artme nt , Paul Mi se n er R e : Prim e A ir Exemp tion Pet ition 440 Terry Ave. North Sea ttl e, W A 981 09 Dear Mr. Misener, In yo ur petition for exemption dated Jul y 10 ,20 14 (Docke t ID: FAA-2014

-0474) , yo u seek re g ulator y re li ef to co ndu c t civil operations of s mall unma1m ed ai rcraft syste m s (sUAS) on yo ur own pr o p er ty for the purpose of conducting r esea rch and d eve lopm e n t for Amazo n Prim e Air
. During our r ev iew , we have id e ntified severa l areas w h e re we would n eed a ddi ti onal information to comp le te o ur assess m e nt of you r petition. After considering the ite m s below , p lease s ubmi t yo ur materi a l s with the docket numb e r s hown a b ove to reg ulation s.gov . We wi ll conti nue review of yo ur petition upon receiving th e info rmat i o n requested. 

### I. Sect ion 333 ofthe 20 1 2 FAA Modernization and Reform Ac t directs the Sec retary of Tra n spo rtati o n to determine if certain unmanned a ircraft sys te m s ma y ope ra te safe ly in th e n a tion a l a ir space sys tem before co mpl etio n of rul emaking req uired by sect i o n 332 of the Act , and f urthermore, dete rmin e whe th er a certificate of waiver, certificate of a uthori zat io n , or airw011hiness ce rtifi cati o n und e r section 44704 of ti tl e 49, United S t a te s Code, i s required for th e operation of these unmann ed aircraft sys te m s . You are seeki n g a n exemption for th e purposes of experimentation, research a nd deve lopment , and conducting rapid prototyping of UAS
. Th e a irc ra ft to b e operated for th e purposes described in yo ur p e tition may b e i ss u ed spec ial a irwo rthin ess certificates in th e experimental category in acco rd a n ce with th e p e rtin ent parts of 14 CF R §2 1.191. Given that th e proposed operations can be conducted in accordance with ex i stin g regu lation s of §2 1.191 , please exp la in th e parti c ul a r c irc um stances regard in g why an exem p ti on would be an appropriate veh icl e to permit tho se operations
. 2 . T o assist with th e assessment of ho w you r petition for exemp tion i s in the public interest, ple ase explain more fully the reaso n s why grantin g yo ur request wo uld be in th e public in te r es t ; th at i s , ho w i t wo uld b enefit th e public as a w h ole
. What data o r ana lysis supports Amazon ' s po si ti on that ae ri a l delivery i s in the interest of the American public? Oth er examples of b e n efit to the public m ay includ e reductions in injuries o r fata li ties re lated to cur r e nt hand deliv ery practices or reduc ti ons in env ironm ental footprints
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. Th e petition see k s s p ec ific exe mpti o n from 14 CF R § 2 1.191 (a) , 14 CF R § 45
. 23( b ) , 14 CFR 

### § 9 1. 9( b ), and 14 CFR § 9 1. 203(a) and (b). Ho weve r , footnote 1 o n page 3 of yo ur petiti o n requests , " relief from a n y assoc iated o r im plementing2 

### requirement s of several related prov i s ions that my otherwis e be applicable,"' and lists ten additional regulation s for which Amazon believes it may r equi r e exemption. However, the petition may not provide sufficient information to assess the regulations noted; includin g , for example, 14 CFR § 91 .1 5 1 or 14 CFR § 

### 91.405. In accordance w ith 14 CFR § 

### 11.81 (b), the petition mu s t specify the section or sec tions of 14 CFR from which you seek exemption. Therefore , if yo u see k r elief from other regulation s in addition to 14 CFR § 

### 2 1.1 9 1 (a), 14 CFR § 45.23(b). 14 CFR 

### § 9 1. 9(b) , and 14 C FR § 91.203(a) and (b) , the petition should be amended accordi ngl y . On September 25 , 20 14 th e FAA relea sed Public Guidance for P et iti o ns for Exemption Filed under Section 333 , which was not avai lable to you at the time yo u s ubmitted your pet iti on. The gu idanc e is ava il able at, http: //www
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. Additiona ll y , th e FAA granted an exemption to Astraeus Aerial on September 25 , 2014 which yo u ma y also wis h to review. This g rant of exem pti o n is available at http: //www. f aa . gov/ua s/l eg islative _program s / sec tion_ 333 /medi a/ Astraeu s _ Aerial- 11 062.pdf. You ma y supp leme nt your petition with additional information at an y time. If you wis h , please submit additional information to your s pec ific docket at www.regulations.gov. Should you hav e qu es tions , please contact th e FAA Unmanned Aircraft Sys tems In teg ration Oftice at 202-267-8306. Sincerely/W 

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